Wire-fence tightener



A. CARPENTER.

WIRE PEN GE TIGHTBNER.

(No Model) UNITED STATES ABEL CARPENTER, OF ENTERPRISE, OHIO.

WIRE-FENCE SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters TIGHTENER.

Patent No. 585,618, dated June 29, 1897.

Application filed February 23, 1897. Serial No. 624,748. (No model.)

To ctZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known thatI, ABEL CARPENTER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Enterprise, in the county of Hocking and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Wire-Fence Tighteners;and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawing, and to the reference-characters markedthereon, which forms a part of this specification.

My invention relates to a wire-fence tightener; and the object is toprovide a simple, cheap, and effective device of this character.

To this end the novelty consists in the construction, combination, andarrangement of the same, as will be hereinafter more fully described,and particularly pointed out in the claim.

The figure in the drawing is a side elevation of a section of a wirefence with my improved wire-stretcher in position.

1 1 represent suitable stakes firmly inserted in the ground and in linewith the fence.

8 8 represent the usual fence-posts, and

2 2 represent diagonal braceu-ods, theilooped...

ends of which encompass the upper ends of tlifdhce-posts, and theirlower ends are se cured in the stakes 1 1 by nuts, as shown.

9 9 represent the horizontal parallel fencewires, one end of eachfence-wire being fixed to the post 8, and its opposite end, after passing through an alined orifice in the post 8, is inserted in acorresponding orifice in the vertical cylindrical shaft3, mounted in thebearing-blocks 5 and t, interposed between the post 8 and said shaft.This shaft is provided with a crank-handle 4, by means of which it isrotated to Wind the fence-wires taut, and when they are properlystretched they are retained in this position by means of the verticalbar 7, which is interlocked with the fencewires and which engages thecrank-handle, as shown, to prevent its turning backward.

Although I have specifically described the several elements of myinvention and their relative arrangement, I do not desire to be confinedto the same, as such changes or modifications may be made as clearlyfall within the scope of my invention without departing from the spiritthereof.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new anduseful, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States,1s--- A wire-fence tightener comprising the fixed fence-posts 8 8, thefixed stakes 1 1, and the diagonal brace-rods 2 2, connecting said postsand stakes, in combination with the horizontal parallel fence-wiresfixed at one end to the post Sand extendingthrough alined orifices inthe post 8, the cylindrical shaft 3, arranged to engage the free ends ofsaid fencewires and provided with the integral crankhandle 4, thebearing-blocks 5 and 6 interposed between said shaft and post 8, and thevertical bar 7, detachably secured in said fence-wires and having itsupper end projecting into the path of said crank-handle 4:,substantially as shown and described.

ABEL CARPENTER.

Witnesses JOHN RISH',

GEORGE H. SHAW.

